Perinatal Mortality Decreases With Labor At 40 Weeks

A recent research published in PLOS Medicine have shown that labor induction at 40 weeks reduces the risk of perinatal death if the women are nulliparous and aged 35 years or older. Pregnancy-associated complications are highly relevant to women above 35 years of age. In order to assess the risk and benefits related to elective induction, the researchers analyzed a dataset of more than 77000 delivery information. It was revealed that labor induction at 40 weeks was linked to significantly reduced in-hospital perinatal death (P=0.015) and meconium aspiration syndrome (P=0.002). Do you think this result will have an impact on your practice? Source: Hannah E.

Knight, David A. Cromwell, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Katie Harron, Jan H. van der Meulen, Gordon C. S. Smith. Perinatal mortality associated with induction of labor versus expectant management in nulliparous women aged 35 years or over An…